Pascal Ackermann: “Everything went perfect”

June 5 ^th 2018 - 16:47

“It was a difficult last climb with 30km to go. It was certainly not an easy stage for the sprinters. There was a lot of climbing. There aren’t many sprinters at this race so it was one of my goals of the year to win a stage at the Dauphiné. Yesterday I made the mistake to start sprinting from the front but I didn’t repeat the same mistake again today. Everything went perfect. It’s amazing that I won. My race is finished now. I’ll work for the team in the remaining stages. Our leader for the overall is [last year’s best young rider] Emanuel Buchmann. We at Bora-Hansgrohe are always up for a good surprise.”